Role-playing can become an expensive hobby if you go down certain routes. Game companies have cottoned on to the concept of core rulebooks that provide just enough material to get you going. Once you’re in, they flash supplemental material and adventures in your direction, in the hope that you’ll bite. Sometimes, the material on offer […]
Archives for September 2015
Adding a dragon to your armour
Etsy retailer Makosla Creations makes dragons. They’re forged from polymer clay and many of them like to sit on your shoulder. The dragons ship worldwide from Canada but are fragile. They’re not really suited to LARPing and I think you’d be a brave cosplayer, or expecting a quiet con, to try and make it through […]
Disney Princesses with badass inks
Can you imagine any of the Disney Princesses with badass tattoos? Joel Santana could and shared his work on Facebook. The collection is called “Inked Princess Series” and I think it crosses between vintage and fantasy RPG illustration in style. (Via Design Taxi)
Star Wars “timebelt” watch costs nearly $30,000
One of the most complex watches ever made in the US and they’ll only make 500. You get cuff-links too. If the asking price is out of your region then the good news there are other devices which use “threads” but not expect anything much cheaper!
Memories: A review of Movies – Sound! Camera! Action!
Would Jaws be the same without the music? Star Wars without the sound effects? Of course. It’s almost impossible to imagine some favourite movies without their soundtracks and musical effects. There are, no doubt, some YouTube clipshows that do their best to compile the best of these iconic movie sound movements but they run the […]
A collector’s dream: Millennium Falcon asteroid coffee table
This is an impressive coffee table from Tom Spina Designs. We’ve the Millennium Falcon in it’s famous game of hide and seek among dangerous asteroids. You can even see a Tie-Fighter trying to get a look around the other side. I can’t imagine a better table to use during a session of a Star Wars […]
Are these the most luxurious dice in the world?
What do you buy a gamer who has all the games they want? How about some Artisan Dice The store sells dice which can be described as “luxurious” because of their unique combination of exotic and decedant materials. Want a d20 carved out of actual mammoth ivory? No problem. Examples of other exotic materials include […]
80 fantasy plants that might appear in your next RPG [infographic]
Do you run a fantasy RPG which has a world strangely filled with entirely mundane fauna and flora. How would that even happen? This infographic from AvasFlowers takes to the works of fiction to compile 80 of the best alternative plants into a single, handy, list. The result? An infographic loaded with inspiration and enough […]
How’s this for an R2D2 shoe?
The crazy but talented team at Irregular Choice have turned their attention to Star Wars. The result? One highly original R2D2 shoe! Do we call it the R2-D-shoe? The official design is the first from a whole new collection, one which Irregular Choice describe as their most exciting collaboration to date, using characters from the […]
DC Legends of Tomorrow: Official picture of Hawkman and Hawkgirl
DC have released the first official picture of Ciara Renee as Kendra Saunders and Falk Hentschel as Carter Hall. These soulmates get their power from the Egyptian god Horus and reincarnate through time as winged, helmeted warriors. What’s your thoughts on Legends of Tomorrow? Got the feel good vibe? (Via DC Comics)
